With yesterday’s late run to close out a 69-61 win over SMU, Wisconsin basketball took home yet another early-season tournament trophy. With the Fort Myers Tip-Off win that saw victories over Virginia and SMU, the Badgers left Florida with their sixth holiday tournament title since 2005.
The most recent? A 2021 Maui Invitational win in Las Vegas as the tournament relocated during the COVID-19 year.
In a game on Wednesday where Wisconsin shot 1-14 from three in the first half and trailed 32-24 at the break, they battled back late and finished strong by putting together a second half where they outscored the Mustangs 45-29.
Wisconsin is now back in the holiday tournament win column:
November tourneys have been good to @BadgerMBB (29-13 (.690) since 2005).
Tonight, Bucky seeks its sixth holiday tournament title since 2005:
❓ 2023 Fort Myers Tip-Off
🏆 2021 Maui Inv
🏆 2014 Battle 4 Atlantis
🏆 2013 Cancun Challenge
🏆 2011 Chicago Inv
🏆 2005 Paradise Jam pic.twitter.com/9mOCnrBFSv— brandon harrison (@brandonharrison) November 22, 2023